Someone famous once said, "You can't conserve something if you don't know where it is."
Spotted SalamanderAccording to Steve Faccio, Conservation Biologist with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE), the goal of the Vermont Vernal Pool Mapping Project is to solve that issue for these small, isolated wetlands that serve as critical habitat for a variety of amphibians and invertebrates. Steve's presentation will begin with a discussion of vernal pool characteristics and their importance to the animals that depend upon them, followed by an introduction to the statewide mapping project and the opportunities it provides for communities and citizens to get involved. The Vermont Vernal Pool Mapping Project will be focusing on Rutland County and adjourning areas this spring and summer. Click here for more information on the project at the VCE website.
Wood FrogThe program is sponsored by Rutland County Audubon and will be held at the Rutland Free Library, on Wednesday, March 23, at 7 PM. The program is free and open to the public. Interested potential "citizen scientists" are encouraged to attend. For further information, call Roy at 775-3461.
Photos provided by VCE.